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Little fishies May 5, 2012

This my first attempt at amigurumi and it turned out pretty well. This fish pattern is easy to follow and modify. Since I use a fine crochet thread (Monaco – has a lot of color choices), my fish came out small – the dark violet, sea green (3rd from R) and light blue (Right most).

made with Monaco thread

Small Fishies

I’ve since modified the pattern to medium, large and huge

Here’s my attempt at writing the modified pattern.

Medium:

R1 & R2 (of original pattern) : Start with a magic circle, sc 10 (10)

R3: 2 sc in every sc from previous round (20)

R4: 2 sc in every other sc from previous round (30)

R5-7: 1 sc in each (30)

R8: decrease sc 14 decrease sc 14 (28)

R9: sc 7 decrease sc 13 decrease sc 6 (26)

R10: decrease sc 12 decrease sc 12 (24)

R11: sc 6 decrease sc 11 decrease sc 5 (22)

R12: decrease sc 10 decrease sc 10 (20)

Stuff fish

R13: decrease all around (12)

Tail

R14: 2 sc in every sc until desired flare is reached

R15: sc in every sc until desired length is reached

Put together the two tail ends and slip stitch the ends together. Fasten off.

Medium Fish.

Large:

R1 & R2 (of original pattern) : Start with a magic circle, sc 10 (10)

R3: 2 sc in every sc from previous round (20)

R4: 2 sc in every other sc from previous round (30)

R5: *1 sc, 1 sc, 2sc* repeat all around (40)

R8-11: 1 sc in each (40)

R12: decrease sc 19 decrease sc 19 (38)

R13: sc 9 decrease sc 18 decrease sc 9 (36)

R14: decrease sc 17 decrease sc 17 (34)

R15: sc 8 decrease sc 16 decrease sc 8 (32)

R16: decrease sc 15 decrease sc 15 (30)

R17: sc 7 decrease sc 14 decrease sc 7 (28)

R18: decrease sc 13 decrease sc 13 (26)

Stuff fish

R19: decrease all around (14)

R20: decrease some more (5)

Tail

R21: 2 sc in every sc until desired flare is reached

R22: sc in every sc until desired length is reached

Put together the two tail ends and slip stitch the ends together. Fasten off.